Austin Keating

Austin Keating is the editor of Remediation Technology, a BNP Media publication launched in Sept. 2022. Austin is from Mattoon, IL, and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in journalism. Following graduation in 2016, he worked as a science writer and videographer for the university’s supercomputing center. In 2018, Austin obtained a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where he was the campus correspondent for Planet Forward and a Comer scholar. He then served as an award-winning field editor for America's oldest continuously published magazine, Prairie Farmer, before joining BNP in 2021, becoming editor of SNIPS Magazine and the now discontinued Point of Beginning Magazine.

Academics, consultants collaborate to address PFAS challenges at RemTEC & EC Tuesday keynote

New technologies are coming to market that destroy PFAS, speakers say. But implementation challenges remain.

Austin Keating

October 4, 2022

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Pilot-scale tests confirm the effectiveness of treatments for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, speakers say. But questions about prioritization, cost performance and comparisons linger.

What to expect at combined RemTEC, Emerging Contaminants Summit this year

Watch: RemTec and EC Summit coordinator, Rula Deeb, sits down with Remediation Technology to give an overview of the focus of the event.

Austin Keating

September 30, 2022

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Conference chair Rula Deeb gives a brief overview of the RemTEC & Emerging Contaminants Summit 2022 agenda.

EPA responds to petition by environmental groups over seed treatments

In response to a request to unexempt seed treatments from pesticide regulations, EPA declines, but opens the door to labeling and other regulatory changes.

Austin Keating

September 29, 2022

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The U.S. EPA responded to a petition originally filed by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) in 2017 on Wednesday.

Senate letter urges Biden to address PFAS exposure on military installations

Austin Keating

September 22, 2022

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Forty U.S. senators signed a bipartisan letter to Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and White House officials urging increased funding for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) testing and remediation.

Illinois Drainage Research and Outreach Program

Woodchip bioreactors undergo testing for removing pollution from point sources

Austin Keating

August 25, 2022

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Laura Christianson of Illinois Drainage Research and Outreach Program sits for an interview with Remediation Technology.

Safeguarding the world against environmental hazards and pollution with IoT-based monitoring

Q&A with Quinn Jones, Senior Product Manager at Digi International.

Austin Keating

August 24, 2022

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Remediation Technology recently spoke with Quinn Jones about the different connected sensors available in the environmental remediation industry.

Contaminated groundwater amendments underway at Bozeman Superfund site

EPA recently signed an Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent with Idaho Pole Company for groundwater work. Pilot EPA groundwater amendments began in August.

Austin Keating

August 17, 2022

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How does an entity without profit, or even revenue, come up with the money to clean up a contaminated Superfund site? That’s the question the Environmental Protection Agency set out to answer with the City of Bozeman regarding the high-profile Idaho Pole Co. yard.

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ARTICLES

Academics, consultants collaborate to address PFAS challenges at RemTEC & EC Tuesday keynote

What to expect at combined RemTEC, Emerging Contaminants Summit this year

EPA responds to petition by environmental groups over seed treatments

Senate letter urges Biden to address PFAS exposure on military installations

Woodchip bioreactors undergo testing for removing pollution from point sources

Safeguarding the world against environmental hazards and pollution with IoT-based monitoring

Contaminated groundwater amendments underway at Bozeman Superfund site

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